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>> it could but -- they are playing defense on too many places. >> rose: i hear you. so the republicans are likely to win the house. >> keep the house. >> rose: boehner returns around the senate could go either way, according to late changes and specific races. there is still half a dozen or more specific races i defy anybody to tell you who is going to win them. >> rose: and nobody knows who is going to win the presidency. there is no strong argument, even though, even though people who and i am thinking specifically, specifically, of nate silver, who talks to me at the back end of this program, about if you look at the lead, who has the lead over, 70 percent, five percent of the time that person wisdom the election. that is looking at previous elections. >> here is something about all of the polls this cycle and here is why you have a difference between the two candidate campaigns and some of the public polls. who is going to vote? who is going to vote? the president is relying on low propensity voters, young voters, african-american voters, hispanic voters, single
>> it could but -- they are playing defense on too many places. >> rose: i hear you. so the republicans are likely to win the house. >> keep the house. >> rose: boehner returns around the senate could go either way, according to late changes and specific races. there is still half a dozen or more specific races i defy anybody to tell you who is going to win them. >> rose: and nobody knows who is going to win the presidency. there is no strong argument, even though,...
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defense secretary panetta said military leaders didn't have enough information. the pentagon said it did not refuse request. thuation killing four americans including tyrone woods seen here on the right. his father is demanding to know who made the decision not to help his son. >> who made the decision and knew about the decision and lied about it are murders of my son. that is a strong statement but it is for their benefit they need to clear their conscience. >> republican senator john mccain is critizing the pentagon for the lack of leadership that the military could not get to the state of readiness to get there in time. >> thank you very: many questions were answered as to why the military did not bring forces to benghazi. senator john mccain said there was no way the military could have intervened. >> there are forces all over the mediterranean and europe. they were not in the state of readiness that they could have been. and the aspect of it is, it was well known there were two attacks on the facility as you know. and in april and in june. dinner you can he
defense secretary panetta said military leaders didn't have enough information. the pentagon said it did not refuse request. thuation killing four americans including tyrone woods seen here on the right. his father is demanding to know who made the decision not to help his son. >> who made the decision and knew about the decision and lied about it are murders of my son. that is a strong statement but it is for their benefit they need to clear their conscience. >> republican senator...
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the anthrax investigation interestingly hatfill along with other anthrax experts came out in ivan's defense saying that he wouldn't have been able to weaponize the anthrax undetected the process is an extremely complicated one that takes hours in a special lab well during the investigation the f.b.i. tried to bribe sun with two point five million dollars to rat is father out and also attempted to turn his hospitalized daughter against him by showing her photos of dead anthrax victims wow really going for the juggler there and then bruce ivans died he's alleged to have killed himself by overdosing on tylenol which is one of the most painful ways that someone could choose to kill themselves considering how it takes two full days for your liver to talk so if i if otherwise healthy now after ivan's died the f.b.i. had a press conference saying that they would soon present the case against ivan's to this day we're still waiting for that evidence needless to say some lingering questions remain about the anthrax attacks so let's continue to ask them. directly after the nation was in a paralyzed st
the anthrax investigation interestingly hatfill along with other anthrax experts came out in ivan's defense saying that he wouldn't have been able to weaponize the anthrax undetected the process is an extremely complicated one that takes hours in a special lab well during the investigation the f.b.i. tried to bribe sun with two point five million dollars to rat is father out and also attempted to turn his hospitalized daughter against him by showing her photos of dead anthrax victims wow really...
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now we find out the secretary of defense decided not to take any action. you know, somebody the other day said to me this is as bad as watergate. nobody died in watergate. but this is either a massive cover-up or incompetence that is not acceptable service to the american people. >> schieffer: what do you think mitt romney needs to do if he called and you said, what, i do need to do now, john, to close this?" what would you tell him? >> i'd say keep doing what he's doing. i think national security, as i said, foreign policy, is now entered into this discussion. i think he is got some momentum. it isn't over till it's over, as yogi used to say. but i think, again, project the image of leadership, capability to be commander in chief, and by the way, this-- this whole debacle in libya has exposedly the failures of the obama foreign policy whether it be in iraq, where al qaeda is now on the upswing. there's al qaeda training camps in iraq. there's iranian planes flying weapons to bashar assad over iraq. syria, 34,000 people now killed, and it's now spilling ov
now we find out the secretary of defense decided not to take any action. you know, somebody the other day said to me this is as bad as watergate. nobody died in watergate. but this is either a massive cover-up or incompetence that is not acceptable service to the american people. >> schieffer: what do you think mitt romney needs to do if he called and you said, what, i do need to do now, john, to close this?" what would you tell him? >> i'd say keep doing what he's doing. i...
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defense secretary leon panetta responds to the growing chorus of criticism. >> the basic principle is you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what is going on, without having some real-time information about what is taking place. >> panetta declined our request for interview, so did national security advisor tom donnelly. >> would you be willing to answer questions about benghazi? >> good morning, guys. >> in fact, a special reports investigates interview request for any white house official went unanswered. >> we're not harry potter, and all of a sudden we can appear in libya. >> so we turned to former congressman joseph, pennsylvania democrat and a retired three-star admiral. >> the f-16s and the navy destroyers were in the neighborhood. >> the logistics would be to have people moved over there. you have a whole team of things to work. i have read these accounts and i think people who were there would have done anything to get there. but it does take some planning. >> on october 26th. the father of former navy seal tyrone woods, who was killed in action at the annex
defense secretary leon panetta responds to the growing chorus of criticism. >> the basic principle is you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what is going on, without having some real-time information about what is taking place. >> panetta declined our request for interview, so did national security advisor tom donnelly. >> would you be willing to answer questions about benghazi? >> good morning, guys. >> in fact, a special reports investigates...
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with me is former reagan defense official and frank gaffney, a pleasure to have you with us this evening. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> let's talk about al qaeda, is it decimateed, on the run, on its heels? >> i believe the president is knowingly misleading the american people, putting it gently. lying to them about this -- there's every reason to believe that al qaeda is stronger today than it was when he took office. it certainly is operating with impunity in more places, and is more aggressive as a result, i believe, of his policies. so far from them being on the path to defeat or decimated, as he likes to say, apart from some people in the leadership who clearly have been taken out, the organization and particularly the franchises of the organization, the wanna-bes, those affiliated with it that are now rung, in some cases effectively, countries. for example, the size of france. >> frank, let me ask you this. where are they getting their arms from? >> it's some of it, i believe, they're getting from places that are -- happy to supply them. i think the saudis, the turks are
with me is former reagan defense official and frank gaffney, a pleasure to have you with us this evening. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> let's talk about al qaeda, is it decimateed, on the run, on its heels? >> i believe the president is knowingly misleading the american people, putting it gently. lying to them about this -- there's every reason to believe that al qaeda is stronger today than it was when he took office. it certainly is operating with impunity in more...
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how much real damage would there be to the defense of the united states in 2013 if the defense cuts hit? there's a lot of people who argue, defense department has a lot of bloat, if we're going to cut domestic spending, shouldn't the pentagon take a hit, too? >> well, only can'ts to are fifth of federal spending. take half of the reductions in the sequester and the previous budget plans as well. the problem is the pentagon -- bob gates was the previous pentagon chief said you need 2% growth to fix the ships. >> the increased in the cost of living. >> and they have over the last decade we have been involved in wars in afghanistan and iraq. a lot of tanks and ships haven't been maintained in that time. we're also the only superpower in the world so it's true the u.s. does spend more than the next ten countries combined but we also are asked to do a lot more than anyone else. >> dan? >> well, i think for years the democratic party looked as the defense budget the big rock candy mountain. a lot of money to transfer to domestic spending. the president keeps saying the money spent on iraq
how much real damage would there be to the defense of the united states in 2013 if the defense cuts hit? there's a lot of people who argue, defense department has a lot of bloat, if we're going to cut domestic spending, shouldn't the pentagon take a hit, too? >> well, only can'ts to are fifth of federal spending. take half of the reductions in the sequester and the previous budget plans as well. the problem is the pentagon -- bob gates was the previous pentagon chief said you need 2%...
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badly in the southeast part of the state in the coal counties and when vice president biden said the defense doesn't need anymore m1 tanks and we will see tickets of unhappiness in ohio that will cut into their margin and at the end of the day i feel very good about government's message. >>chris: your campaign started running an ad in ohio implying that the jeep is shipping u.s. jobs to china when, in fact, they are expanding their operations to china but they are not shipping u.s. jobs overseas. i will play a clip of the ad and how president obama responded. >> obama took g.m. and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to tall beyonds who will build jeeps in china. >> you do not scare hard working americans, to scare up votes that is not what being president is about. >>chris: wasn't that a mistake when g.m. and chrysler said the ad was misleading and chrysler, far from shipping jobs to china china is expanding operations in toledo. >>guest: it was interesting that president obama would attack governor romney on that when they put up an ad saying this governor romney health detroit go b
badly in the southeast part of the state in the coal counties and when vice president biden said the defense doesn't need anymore m1 tanks and we will see tickets of unhappiness in ohio that will cut into their margin and at the end of the day i feel very good about government's message. >>chris: your campaign started running an ad in ohio implying that the jeep is shipping u.s. jobs to china when, in fact, they are expanding their operations to china but they are not shipping u.s. jobs...
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president obama is now force to play defense in a lot of state that is he thought he would win easily like wisconsin and minnesota and pennsylvania, now. where governor romney is putting out couple millions worth of ads and doing a big rally in pennsylvania tomorrow. they think that that is winable . it looks like the race is tilting strongly to governor romney and he is putting resource in ohio a key state and other states where president obama had it locked up. not anymore. >> let ask you about benghazi. do you think that the president owes it to the american people to talk about what he knew about the election . talking about the investigation and obviously not completed until after the election. but he's not answering the questions they are asking . not getting responses. do you think that the american public needs to come clean. >> the cia came out with a time line andment defense department explained their actions in terms of defending what is going on . director of national intelligence initial analysis it was tied to the video and testimony in congress. fox polls this week tha
president obama is now force to play defense in a lot of state that is he thought he would win easily like wisconsin and minnesota and pennsylvania, now. where governor romney is putting out couple millions worth of ads and doing a big rally in pennsylvania tomorrow. they think that that is winable . it looks like the race is tilting strongly to governor romney and he is putting resource in ohio a key state and other states where president obama had it locked up. not anymore. >> let ask...
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., the department of defense had done. i didn't get an answer back. i sent another oney john mccain more recently. the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think just in the last couple of days i have seen a little more interest among the media in looking that the issue because it truly is a shocking breakdown on the operational side but also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will start to see more interest in this and i hope we can get to the bottom of it very quickly. >> mike: s there a reason that governor romney has not made that a bigger issue in the waning days of the campaign? >> well, he has talked about it some. but i think he is has allowed surrogates like you and me to talk about it more. folks on the armed services committee like senator mccain and senator graham have done a job of racing issues like what the answers are we are looking for. there is something very wrong when you have americans in harm's way and folks not responding coming to their aid despite their ple
., the department of defense had done. i didn't get an answer back. i sent another oney john mccain more recently. the american people have a right to know. we'll see what happens. i think just in the last couple of days i have seen a little more interest among the media in looking that the issue because it truly is a shocking breakdown on the operational side but also after the fact misleading the american people about what happened. i think you will start to see more interest in this and i...
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this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, rocker pat benatar and "mrs. brady" herself florence henderson. it's the behar bunch. >> only on current tv. >> jennifer: this week certain republicans gave their own party a bad name even more than usual. listen to these three examples. >> well i think when you have somebody of your own race that you are proud of being president of the united states i applaud colin for standing with him. >> i struggled with it for a long time but i came to realize that life is a gift from god, and even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape it is something that god intended to happen. >> if barack obama opens up and gives his college records and applications, and if he gives his pass port applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice a check, immediately, for $5 million. >> jennifer: i'm just saying. you know what really bugs me about the comments in the context of the presidential race
this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, rocker pat benatar and "mrs. brady" herself florence henderson. it's the behar bunch. >> only on current tv. >> jennifer: this week certain republicans gave their own party a bad name even more than usual. listen to these three examples. >> well i think when you have somebody of...
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it's better to be overly defensive and just say, well, i am voting for him again. i just tried to give people when i was at the rnc the idea that maybe they could -- they should think about other alternatives and rather than just voting a party line. of course a lot of people who are on the republican side voted for him last time will probably have regrets. if you have regrets think about somebody else. somebody who offers something else like a business background. governor romney has had a great business background. he's extremely well educated. he has several degrees from harvard. including business and including a law degree. he's just kind of a perfect guy for the job. and i think along with paul ryan you have a great team that's out there ready to go. i think they can correct a lot of the problems we have had. >> eastwood also saying last night there are a whole lot of conservatives in hollywood who do not speak out about politics because they are worried about not getting jobs. >> interesting. >> the time is 43 after the top of the hour. still ahead we are ho
it's better to be overly defensive and just say, well, i am voting for him again. i just tried to give people when i was at the rnc the idea that maybe they could -- they should think about other alternatives and rather than just voting a party line. of course a lot of people who are on the republican side voted for him last time will probably have regrets. if you have regrets think about somebody else. somebody who offers something else like a business background. governor romney has had a...
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there is a special flavor on defense. there is a special flavor on this federal spending this is also in hampton roads. this is also off in virginia beach. >> what are the demographics of the state of virginia? >> as with most large population states, there are many states in one. you have northern virginia which is about 1/3 of the population. this has a low rate. that population is national and international in scope. it is the highest income region. it has people with the hire education levels in the state. it tends to be the most democratic region. if the go down to hampton roads which i was just mentioning, that is a heavy defense industry area. it is both white and blue collar. it also has a large african american population. it also has a relative low nativity rate. people there were not necessarily born in virginia due to the inference -- influence of the navy. the richmond area is an urban area. it is probably the most conservative urban region in this region. it may be with the most conservative and the country.
there is a special flavor on defense. there is a special flavor on this federal spending this is also in hampton roads. this is also off in virginia beach. >> what are the demographics of the state of virginia? >> as with most large population states, there are many states in one. you have northern virginia which is about 1/3 of the population. this has a low rate. that population is national and international in scope. it is the highest income region. it has people with the hire...
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republicans think they have got the president on defense. here he is just two weekends before election day and he is in new hampshire. there is only four electoral votes. this is state he carried by double digits in 2008 but the real clear average right now, president is up about 48.3% to 47% for mitt romney. they are fighting for every electoral vote. in fact, mitt romney in couple days, and the president is meeting with teamsters union earlier today trying to to fire up his base. he has a new ad out called remember, trying to call out conservative positions he is trying to moderate him and mask his real views as he presents himself to the american people. it was interesting, the new line of attack at this rally. president accused mitt romney of raising taxes and even through a birder joke. take a listen. >> no higher fees for gas, no higher fees for milk. no higher fees for blind people who need to get a certificate that they were blind. he raised fees to get a berth certificate which would have been expensive for me. [ laughter ] >> repor
republicans think they have got the president on defense. here he is just two weekends before election day and he is in new hampshire. there is only four electoral votes. this is state he carried by double digits in 2008 but the real clear average right now, president is up about 48.3% to 47% for mitt romney. they are fighting for every electoral vote. in fact, mitt romney in couple days, and the president is meeting with teamsters union earlier today trying to to fire up his base. he has a new...
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he is is really hitting hard defense spending in southeastern, virginia. the tidewater area where you have a lot of defense contractors and a lot of military families. hitting on all of the cylinders in virginia right now. >> sean: last quick question, does romney ryan take wisconsin? >> i think they have a good shot at doing so. the numbers are looking good. president obama is spending a lot of time there which shows he is deeply worried about it. wouldn't be spending time if he were getting away with a state easily. one other thing, too, the president is going to make a stop in superior wisconsin in the northwestern part of the state. i'm convinced he thinks minnesota is at play. that is a place you go in order to affect duluth, minnesota. i think it is a very smart play on the president's part. not only a part of wisconsin that is important but also saying i need to get there because i may be seeing minnesota slip away from me as well. >> sean: i'm ready for game day. let's get it on. thanks for being with us. >> let's do it. >> sean: we now know that w
he is is really hitting hard defense spending in southeastern, virginia. the tidewater area where you have a lot of defense contractors and a lot of military families. hitting on all of the cylinders in virginia right now. >> sean: last quick question, does romney ryan take wisconsin? >> i think they have a good shot at doing so. the numbers are looking good. president obama is spending a lot of time there which shows he is deeply worried about it. wouldn't be spending time if he...
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add $2 billion to defense budget, add $5 billion in tax cuts and get rid of fema. do you think that's a popular priority right now? >> i don't think it is. look at a state like north carolina. we saw earlier today that the north carolina outer banks have been run over by water and what about the federal flood insurance program that people out there take advantage of? not just fema and all the stimulus money and other federal project that is have developed that part of the country for all of us? you know, it's not just what he said at that debate. the ryan budget, which he endorses, would eviscerate fema and all these sort of programs. now, i know we don't want to play politics right now when it's a dangerous moment, but it's the type of thing that brings to question what he warrants to do versus what the president wants to do. >> i think this isn't a case of big bird, it's a case of big bath here. joy reid is also joining us. isn't it interesting how chickens come home to roost, things occur that teach people who they need government for, what they don't need it fo
add $2 billion to defense budget, add $5 billion in tax cuts and get rid of fema. do you think that's a popular priority right now? >> i don't think it is. look at a state like north carolina. we saw earlier today that the north carolina outer banks have been run over by water and what about the federal flood insurance program that people out there take advantage of? not just fema and all the stimulus money and other federal project that is have developed that part of the country for all...
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they already cut $500 billion from defense and they want to cut an additional $500 billion from defense. if you want to put america at risk, carry through with sequestration. >> this might be something that we actually agree on. we have got to get this solved. a lot of this stuff is a total nonstarter. democrats have to republicans, republicans have to work with democrats to make this happen. >> the next question, another big topic this political season is lobbying. i believe that we start with senator tester. there are advertised as the claim that you have received the most money from lobbyists. how do explain that? >> i come home every weekend so i can travel the state to put montana's back to work. that was one of the bills that i helped to co-sponsor. this was the biggest lobbyist reform since watergate because it is critically important for the country. transparency is good. the state of montana has a good transparency and we need to take that to washington. congressman rehberg hid lobbyist money. he should have been a lobbyist. i depend upon the people of montana. that is where th
they already cut $500 billion from defense and they want to cut an additional $500 billion from defense. if you want to put america at risk, carry through with sequestration. >> this might be something that we actually agree on. we have got to get this solved. a lot of this stuff is a total nonstarter. democrats have to republicans, republicans have to work with democrats to make this happen. >> the next question, another big topic this political season is lobbying. i believe that...
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we have kids that will start petitions in defense of their friends who are going to be deported to countries they have never known. there are tens of thousands a graduate high school every year. there is a case where a sick kid who was brought into the country at age 2, his dad dies, his mom is in a mental asylum -- he is huge and successful. only when he goes to pay a parking ticket, right before going to college, does he find out he was undocumented. he is deported to the country he never knew. he does not speak spanish. should that person be departed? and -- deported? you have a different argument and illegal immigrants. -- than illegal immigrants. instrumental in, there is a broader movement for national change. >> you mentioned the causes are not ideological, but many start on the center and move to the left, in terms of the biggest priorities. is there a conservative analog? >> we are seeing more and more conservative campaigns. a lot of the campaigns on corporate accountability are started by conservatives. we engage with petition creators when the start of viral and petitions. the co
we have kids that will start petitions in defense of their friends who are going to be deported to countries they have never known. there are tens of thousands a graduate high school every year. there is a case where a sick kid who was brought into the country at age 2, his dad dies, his mom is in a mental asylum -- he is huge and successful. only when he goes to pay a parking ticket, right before going to college, does he find out he was undocumented. he is deported to the country he never...
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then you go to those defense cuts where, as we see in bob woodward's book, the defense cuts and the sequestration idea was the president's idea. he wanted cuts that would disproportionately hit our defense industry. that is not only an irresponsible thing on the national security from, something like a senator john warner -- protecting our national security and armed forces, he would never allow those kinds of cuts and certainly strongly opposes them. our entire delegation has been working against those, but get the president says we have to tax your high-tech businesses and your defense contractors who are a lot of small contractors and small businesses, or we will take this ax to the defense industry. we do not need to do that. it is unsafe in the dangerous world we live in. we know we need to have both a strong economy and a strong defense industry, and that is what mitt romney has been talking strongly about and why we are hearing such a good response. in the same way george allen, who has been our senator, and worked side-by-side with senator john warner for years, you would probably see geo
then you go to those defense cuts where, as we see in bob woodward's book, the defense cuts and the sequestration idea was the president's idea. he wanted cuts that would disproportionately hit our defense industry. that is not only an irresponsible thing on the national security from, something like a senator john warner -- protecting our national security and armed forces, he would never allow those kinds of cuts and certainly strongly opposes them. our entire delegation has been working...
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southeastern part of the state, and, lima, when vice president biden went on the debate and said the defense department doesn't need anymore m-1 tanks and, lima is the only place in the country to service those tanks, you will see pockets of disaffection in ohio that will cut into their margins and, again, at the end of the day, i feel good about governor romney's message and our turno operations. >> chris: your campaign started running an ad in ohio, this week, which implies that jeep is shipping u.s. jobs to china. when in fact they are just expanding their operations, to china, but, they are not actually shipping u.s. jobs overseas. i want to play a clip of the ad and how president obama responded to it. >> obama took gm and chrysler in bankruptcy. and sold chrysler to italians when will build jeeps in china. >> you don't scare up workers to scare up votes. that is not what it is about. >> chris: isn't that a mistake, when gm and chrysler said the ad was misleading and the fact is, that chrysler, far from shipping jobs to hoshohio is expanding operations in toledo? >> well, i find it inte
southeastern part of the state, and, lima, when vice president biden went on the debate and said the defense department doesn't need anymore m-1 tanks and, lima is the only place in the country to service those tanks, you will see pockets of disaffection in ohio that will cut into their margins and, again, at the end of the day, i feel good about governor romney's message and our turno operations. >> chris: your campaign started running an ad in ohio, this week, which implies that jeep is...
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we are second in per-capita defense expenditures. there's a special flavor on federal spending, because governmental employment is so important, not just in northern virginia, which borders on d.c., but also in hampton roads, the hampton roads area off virginia beach and the surrounding localities. host: what are the demographics of the state of virginia? guest: as with most larger population states, there are many states in one. you have northern virginia, which is about a third of the state's population, now produces 30% of the vote, if not more. that has a low-debate. that particular population is national and international in scope. it is the highest income region. it has the people with the highest educational levels in the state on average. it tends to be the most democratic region. if you go down to and tidewater, roads, that is a heavy defense industry area. it is both white-collar and blue-collar, also has a large african-american population. and it also has a relatively low nativity rate, that is people not necessarily born
we are second in per-capita defense expenditures. there's a special flavor on federal spending, because governmental employment is so important, not just in northern virginia, which borders on d.c., but also in hampton roads, the hampton roads area off virginia beach and the surrounding localities. host: what are the demographics of the state of virginia? guest: as with most larger population states, there are many states in one. you have northern virginia, which is about a third of the state's...
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the head of homeland defense and security. the head of fema, there's been a lot of conference calls every single day on emergency response. ray lahood has been coordinating the response on the transportation system, but fema is coordinating the overall response. i'm sure that there will be requests for infrastructure, for people. it is a disaster beyond belief. and there has to be a commission to look at ways we can try and prevent this in the future. one of the problems in new york is a lot of the infrastructure was in the basement of buildings. for example the hospitals, they had their m.r.i.'s, these huge electrical systems. and othercies testimonies in the basement. it's all destroyed with the saltwater. i was touring n.y.u. medical yesterday, and the smell, the stench just from a few days was almost unbelievable. the combination of this type of electric communication systems rotting. everywhere you see on the lower east side, the pumps are working, trying to push water out. some of our larger institutions do have generato
the head of homeland defense and security. the head of fema, there's been a lot of conference calls every single day on emergency response. ray lahood has been coordinating the response on the transportation system, but fema is coordinating the overall response. i'm sure that there will be requests for infrastructure, for people. it is a disaster beyond belief. and there has to be a commission to look at ways we can try and prevent this in the future. one of the problems in new york is a lot of...
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the other challenge is democrats are playing defense. they have a number of vulnerable republicans. then it becomes the game of the might defeat one but lose one of their own. instead of starting to eat into the 25 see gain they need. individuallk about races. i want to start with upstate new york. trying to preserve a democratic seat in new york 27. she is revered. she is well-loved in the democratic party because of the special election win, but now refacing -- is in a more republican county. right now i think the republican nature of the district is probably tracking her down, even though she might be the more personable candidates in the race. >> congressman alan west, two- party republican trying to keep his seat for a second term. >> alan west running against patrick murphy. this is one of the most expensive, nastiest, in closest races in the country. i think the district by the numbers is very competitive, but alan west is tenacious. right now he is running three times the amount of television advertisements a normal canada it would run at this stage. even though he is polari
the other challenge is democrats are playing defense. they have a number of vulnerable republicans. then it becomes the game of the might defeat one but lose one of their own. instead of starting to eat into the 25 see gain they need. individuallk about races. i want to start with upstate new york. trying to preserve a democratic seat in new york 27. she is revered. she is well-loved in the democratic party because of the special election win, but now refacing -- is in a more republican county....